Aditya Pande is a Delhi-based artist whose style is playful where he puts layers after layers to arrive at the final art piece. But his works still tells poignant tales of history, myths, satire and sometimes math even.
Aditya was born in Lucknow and grew up in Chandigarh in the 80’s till his family moved to Delhi in the 90’s. 'Chandigarh was a quiet toy town idyll that contrasted Delhi’s complexities and chaos. We are three brothers who had the privileges of a modest and happy childhood, now with very disparate but connected trajectories. I suppose we were encouraged to seek our interests, or were at least made to feel so and in many ways, there is a bit of that childhood that still finds expression in my art; a messy mix of the rock garden, Corbusier-Jeanneret, Panjab University academia, Sarkari confidence, Punjabi culture is certainly present in my work. However, that is a partial list only and not definitive in the sense that I continue to freewheel through life making sense of it all still in somewhat nonsensical ways.' More from him below.
When and how did your romance with the arts begin?
I can’t remember a time that can be marked as a start, so I suppose it always felt like destiny.
I can’t remember a time that can be marked as a start, so I suppose it always felt like destiny.
Do you remember how you arrived at the vocabulary you use for your work?
A lot of strange quirks allow me to focus on drawing as my principle form of negotiation with the outside and internal world. My interest in architecture (thanks to my elder brother), failure in math (despite my twin brother’s help who is a mathematician) and my training in type design have probably primed my approach of using drawing as my primary vocabulary. It allows me to freewheel between pain and pleasure and open up or clam up. I find paradoxes, chance, unknown, speculative, and irreverent temperance to be useful in being able to accommodate as many concerns as I can invent!
What inspired your new show?
The show is called Blind Spot. It alludes to both psychological and physiological phenomena. My art practice is centred around Drawing; more as a Form than as a Medium. In this show, I try to build narratives that broadly claim kinship with mythology, satire, history, maths and pop culture.
The show is called Blind Spot. It alludes to both psychological and physiological phenomena. My art practice is centred around Drawing; more as a Form than as a Medium. In this show, I try to build narratives that broadly claim kinship with mythology, satire, history, maths and pop culture.
What would you want the audience to take away from the show?
To feel free!
The exhibition will take place in Nature Morte’s Delhi gallery space at the Dhan Mill compound, 100 Feet Rd, Chhatarpur Hills, New Delhi. It will remain on view through Sunday, September 8th. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 am to 7 pm.
Words Hansika Lohani
Date 14.08.2024
To feel free!
The exhibition will take place in Nature Morte’s Delhi gallery space at the Dhan Mill compound, 100 Feet Rd, Chhatarpur Hills, New Delhi. It will remain on view through Sunday, September 8th. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 am to 7 pm.
Words Hansika Lohani
Date 14.08.2024
